Porokeratosis of Mibelli - literature review and a case report

Porokeratosis is a disorder of epidermal keratinization characterized by annular plaques with an atrophic center and hyperkeratotic edges, and includes a heterogeneous group of disorders that are mostly inherited in an autosomal dominant form. This report describes a 5 year-old female patient, with...

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Main Authors: Flávia Regina Ferreira, Leopoldo Duailibe Nogueira Santos, Fernando Augusto Nogueira Mendes Tagliarini, Marcia Lanzoni de Alvarenga Lira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2013-12-01
Series:Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-05962013000800179&tlng=en
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Summary:Porokeratosis is a disorder of epidermal keratinization characterized by annular plaques with an atrophic center and hyperkeratotic edges, and includes a heterogeneous group of disorders that are mostly inherited in an autosomal dominant form. This report describes a 5 year-old female patient, with porokeratosis of Mibelli confirmed histopathologically. The rarity of this disorder, its clinical exuberance and the destructive character of the lesions, as well as the facial and mucosal involvements, unusual in this form of porokeratosis, and also its onset in early childhood motivated this report.
ISSN:0365-0596